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Table 54. — Average crop acres per cow, for dairy farms classified by number of 
cows and dairy index l 
Average crop acres per cow, by 
size of herd 
Dairy index, in dollars 
5 to 10 
cows 
10 to 15 
cows 
15 to 20 
COWS 
20 to 25 
cows 
25 to 30 
cows 
30 to 35 
cows 
to 50 
Acres 
5.8 
5.3 
4.9 
10.6 
Acres 
4.9 
4.4 
4.0 
4.0 
Acres 
4.7 
3.7 
4.0 
3.3 
2.6 
^Icres 
3.0 
3.7 
3.5 
Acres 
3.7 
3.3 
2.5 
3.3 
Acres 
50to lOfl .- - 
3.0 
100 to 150 
150 to 200 
200 to 250 
i Assuming that the number of cows average the midpoint of each group. Averages not shown for groups 
of only one report. 
